Tag Archive for purity

A new survey of the street drug market in the UK by DrugWise the online drug information service, has concluded that the primary aims of the PSA which came into force in May 2016 have been achieved. Firstly to close…

Marijuana is our most widely used illegal drug, yet only a minority of users develop long-term mental disorder. Lindsay Smith on developing research that looks at how problems with the drug my have more to do with individual psychology than…

A severe drop in quality of many illegal drugs coupled with a mix and match approach to taking them is creating an expanding ‘junk food’ drug market. Max Daly takes a look at this year’s UK-wide drug trends survey. Commercial…

Russians on the breadline are risking death by drinking aftershave and cleaning agents instead of vodka. Susannah Tomkins on a sinister side of alcohol abuse which is affecting more than one million people in Russia. Aftershave alcoholism (PDF)

The cocaine and ecstasy markets are splitting in two, with young people and students being the major consumers in an expanding industry in cheaper, lower quality products. Max Daly takes a look at the results of this year’s UK wide…

Drug gangs are stepping up the purity of cocaine in response to competition from the new generation of stimulants such as mephedrone, according to Britain’s organised crime agency. Analysis of police seizures between April last year and June this year reveals the average purity of powder…

Old school ecstasy pills containing MDMA are back, according to an analysis of pills recovered by police at Glastonbury Festival. The findings from Glastonbury come at the same time a Scottish drug charity issued a warning that original strength ecstasy pills were being sold in Edinburgh. It’s official:…